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Astronomers believe they have found the makings --or the dust and debris -- from a failed terrestrial planet circling a nearby system of two young stars similar to our early sun.

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A new study that uses stem cell transplants to treat severe eye damage shows great promise as a future surgical therapy, experts at The Schepens Eye Research Institute say.

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NASA scientists are beginning to understand exactly how a solar flare changes over time.

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Tickborne diseases, such as Lyme disease, are not always recognized and reported in Iowa, a situation which may occur in other regions as well, a Univ. Iowa scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.

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Researchers determined that methanogenic bacteria could grow in conditions simulating the subsurface of Mars if even a small amount of water is available, a University of Arkansas scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.

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Researchers have provided evidence that microbes in rocks and soil from Yucca Mountain could cause corrosion of containers designed to store radioactive wastes at the proposed Yucca Mountain repository, a Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab. scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.

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Using new molecular tests they developed for detecting the ulcer-causing bacterium H. pylori, researchers determined that the organism occurs frequently in drinking water sources for households whose members have experienced H. pylori infections. Currently, water safety assessments do not test for H. pylori, a Penn State Harrisburg scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.

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Women who begin alternative medical therapies in the wake of a breast cancer diagnosis exhibit greater psychosocial distress, according to a study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School published in the June 3rd issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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A new study by NASA researchers in the June 3 issue of the journal Nature is the first to link the well-documented large degree of North America and Eurasia winter warming and the associated wind changes to rising greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.

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The first methane-producing microorganisms grown under some of the conditions found on Mars, were grown by a a University of Arkansas researcher. His work may provide clues for finding similar life forms on Mars.

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In a study with powerful implications for people needing organ and tissue transplants, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School have devised a new technique that may make transplants available to nearly everyone with a partially matched donor.

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Unconscious prejudice towards blacks and the elderly can be significantly decreased by exposing people to images of admired members of those groups, University of Washington psychologists will report at the American Psychological Association's annual meeting.

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Like a collage of photographs showing a human being from infancy to old age, a striking new picture unveiled today by a University of Washington astronomer shows various stages in the life cycle of stars, all occurring at one time.

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An LSU electrical engineering professor has developed a neural network program that can learn instantly, and he's applying the results to analyzing the stock market.

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Despite this year's record snowfall in the Pacific Northwest, the amount of water stored as mountain snowpack is projected to drop significantly in the long run, a change that could repaint the face of the region and drastically alter how water is used and allocated, according to University of Washington researchers.

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Just being exposed to a story about a fictitious childhood experience can alter people's memories to the point that half of them believe the incident probably occurred even though they previously said it did not, University of Washington researchers will report at the American Psychological Society annual meeting.

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1- Low-Dose Hormone Replacement Therapy Increases Bone Density in Elderly Women; 2-Physical Acitivity Biggest Influence on Weight; May Overcome Genetic Factors; 3- Overweight and Esophagal Cancer Linked; 4 - Five New Markers for Predicting Heart Disease Evaluated.

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A NASA Scientist studies data from 3 satellites to figure out what stirs up Earth's Northern Lights (or aurora).

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Three scientists says the sun's corona is 200 times hotter than its surface because it is heated by incessant mini-explosions.

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Use of antibiotics to promote growth in food animals may be contributing to antibiotic resistance in human pathogens, a Robert Koch Institute: (Germany) scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.

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A study of patients with polycystic kidney disease finds evidence of infection with a recently discovered group of organisms known as nanobacteria, a Univ. Illinois Coll. Med. at Peoria scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.

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Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients with ginseng extract activated phagocytes in the blood and lungs against the infection, a Univ. Hospital of Copenhagen scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.

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The most recent analysis of fat intake in the US indicates that Americans continue to consume less fat and saturated fat. But the majority are still not at the recommended values for these nutrients.

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An international field campaign has moved researchers closer to being able to forecast the devastating East Asian summer monsoon. New results will be presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting.

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Eating a diet high in fiber, specifically cereal fiber, can help reduce a woman's risk of heart attack, says a paper scheduled for the June 2 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

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Female mice vaccinated intranasally with gonococcal outer membranes develop vaginal immunity to gonorrheal infection, a Laval Univ. scientist reported at the American Society for Microbiology General Meeting.

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The addition of earthworms and plants to soils being treated with bacteria for bioremediation of PCBs can enhance the ability of the bacteria to degrade the pollutants a Univ. of Calif. Riverside scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.

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The bacterium Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis or a related microorganism is associated with Crohn's disease, a condition caused by painful inflammation of the small intestine, the cause of which has yet to be determined, a Univ. Central Florida scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.

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During the first hour after using cocaine, the user's risk of heart attack increases nearly 24 times, according to the first large study of the long-suspected relationship between cocaine and heart disease, which is reported in Circulation.

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Bacterial vaginosis, a condition that can lead to serious health complications in women, may be caused by a sexually transmitted virus that infects vaginal lactobacilli, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study.

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Two clot-thinning drugs may be better than one for treating heart attacks, according to results of new study that appears in today's Circulation.

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Naturally occurring insertions in sperm-cell DNA is 100 times more common than the suggested FDA limit for gene-therapy studies, a Penn geneticist estimates.

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Digital mammography is the potential wave of the future in mammographic procedures, according to a specialist in Massachusetts. Digital mammography is the process where a computerized image is made without the traditional film and may be changed and varied without additional x-ray exposure.

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Annual screening mammography for women in their 40s is more cost effective than pap smear tests for cervical cancer and installation of airbags and seat belts in vehicles, a Philadelphia, PA research scientist reports. The cost figures relate to the cost per year of life saved.

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New federal rules requiring that written reports be sent to patients after they have mammograms should even better ensure that they do not "fall through the cracks," a nationally know mammographer says.

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A statistical anomaly shows that U.S. presidents are twice as likely to die within a year of living a multiple of 7.5 years than they should be.

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The human thymus -- the organ that produces the immune system's infection-fighting T cells -- remains functional until at least age 56, UCLA AIDS Institute investigators have proved for the first time.

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A University of Iowa treatment involving high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants may be more effective against advanced breast cancer than standard treatments -- despite conflicting results from similar strategies tested elsewhere.

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A University of Arkansas professor has conducted one of the world's first descriptive studies to examine the dangers of personal watercraft use. More than half of the people injured by these vehicles are children under the age of 14.

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Promising results for a vaccine to treat brain cancer in preliminary studies at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center was reported in the cover-story published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery.

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Today NASA unveiled the first global elevation maps of Mars.

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The search for life on Mars will begin in Siberia - Russian, and NASA scientists will look for life forms in the inhospitable realm of Siberian permafrost.

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NASA scientists are using neural networks to teach a supercomputer how to recognize life when it sees it.

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Computers have the potential for playing an important role in improving the interpretation of mammograms, a New York researcher says. After the same mammograms were fed into a computer, it helped radiologists pick up some cancer that were not biopsied and suggested that some others that were said to need biopsy might not need the additional procedure.

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Patients are far more likely to survive a heart attack if they are admitted directly to a high-volume hospital rather than a smaller one, according to a study of nearly 100,000 patients by researchers at Johns Hopkins.

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By taking a closer look at two of the lightest elements in the universe, a University of Illinois scientist is helping to solve a mystery that lies at the intersection of cosmology, cosmic rays and chemical evolution.

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A Delaware Sea Grant researcher has been working to minimize fishing pressure on the horseshoe crab through biochemistry. She has made significant progress toward identifying the stimulant in female horseshoe crabs that makes them such an irresistible bait for eels and whelks.

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Crops with increased resistance to drought and disease, soybeans with more protein and vegetables with more vitamins are some of the potential benefits that may result from a new gene silencing technology developed at North Carolina State University.

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Four University of Arkansas researchers have determined some of the properties of two optical wires in a crystal. These properties can be used to create optical circuitry that could operate like a switch in fiber optics networks used in the telecommunications industry.